Some Of The Easy Steps To Backup Iphone To External Hard Drive

If you are an iphone user then you must have related to the fact that the process of iphone is quite different than that of android device or Microsoft device and when it comes to backup thing it is much complicated than any other devices in the market. Now being an iphone user you must be wondering about how to backup iphone to external hard drive well here are a step by guide following which you would be able to backup iphone to external hard drive:

You need to locate the iphone backups:

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This is the first step that you need to do and this step is not at all complicated rather it is an easy step. Just to let you know that the iOS backups of your phone are store in the mobilesync folder. If you are unable to find the folder then you can just search the, by typing mobilesync into spotlight. The backups can also be found from iTunes, you just have to click on the iTunes logo that is one the upper left corner of the screen and after that you would be able to have a list of menu and you just have to click on the preferences. Now you have to select device tab after that you need to specify the device and then click on that device while you hold the control key and finally you just have to select the option show in finder.

It’s time to move the backup to the external hard-drive:

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Though this step is easy as well but you need to be attentive while you do this stet and you need to be a bit careful about the name of the hard drive as well as the new holder names that you are about to create. Here you have to connect the external hard-drive to the Mac in case it is not yet connected and then you have to open the external drive. Now you have to get back to Finder window option with the iOS backups in that then just select device backup folder. Now you have to drag this to your external hard-drive. Here you need to enter the administrator password in order to authenticate the action. Here you have to rename the folder that is in the external hard-drive as well as the old holder in case to keep then separated.

You need to make a symlink:

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This process is to make the iTunes understand about the new location of the backups and this step is harder than the previous steps so you need to be more attentive while you do this step and in case you are thinking to skip this step then the iTunes won’t be able to perform the backup of the iPhone. Here you need to search for the terminal with the help of spotlight and then you need to type the code which you have to create by using the backup folder name. Then you literally have to hit return and thereafter quit terminals. Then you have to launch the iTunes and need to connect the iPhone in order to back it all up and then you have to check that the date as well as time of the latest backup showing up for the backups that you have just completed. With this last step you entire process would be done successfully without any problems.

This is how you would be able to backup iphone to external hard drive easily following all the above steps carefully.

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